Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors
Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women worldwide, and the 11th most frequent neoplasm in Spain. Despite the optimization of treatments and a 5-year survival rate of 70%, side effects and sequelae are described after treatment. The treatments have physical, psychological and soci...
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| author | Membrilla-Beltran, Lucia Cardona Mena, Diana María Camara-Roca, Laura Aparicio-Mota, Adrian Roman López, Pablo Rueda Ruzafa, Lola |
| author_facet | Membrilla-Beltran, Lucia Cardona Mena, Diana María Camara-Roca, Laura Aparicio-Mota, Adrian Roman López, Pablo Rueda Ruzafa, Lola |
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| description | Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women worldwide, and the 11th most frequent neoplasm in Spain. Despite the optimization of treatments and a 5-year survival rate of 70%, side effects and sequelae are described after treatment. The treatments have physical, psychological and sociocultural consequences that deteriorate the quality of life of patients. One of the sequelae that worries patients is the impairment of sexual function and satisfaction, considered a fundamental dimension of the human being. The aim of this study was to examine quality of life and sexual function and satisfaction among Spanish cervical cancer survivors. A retrospective case-control study was conducted between 2019 and 2022. The sample consisted of 66 patients who completed the Female Sexual Function Index, the Golombok Rust Sexual Satisfaction Inventory and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire. The control group consisted of women without cervical cancer and gynecological pathologies obtained using the so-called online virtual sampling method. The patient group consisted of women with cervical cancer who completed treatment. Cervical cancer survivors reported sexual dysfunction and impaired sexual satisfaction in almost half of the domains. Quality of life was also affected, with pain and fatigue being the most frequent symptoms in these patients. Our results indicate that there is dysfunction, sexual dissatisfaction and a lower level of quality of life in cervical cancer survivors than in healthy women without pathology. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-143452023-04-12T19:21:23Z Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors Membrilla-Beltran, Lucia Cardona Mena, Diana María Camara-Roca, Laura Aparicio-Mota, Adrian Roman López, Pablo Rueda Ruzafa, Lola cancer survivors sexual dysfunction quality of life orgasm retrospective Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women worldwide, and the 11th most frequent neoplasm in Spain. Despite the optimization of treatments and a 5-year survival rate of 70%, side effects and sequelae are described after treatment. The treatments have physical, psychological and sociocultural consequences that deteriorate the quality of life of patients. One of the sequelae that worries patients is the impairment of sexual function and satisfaction, considered a fundamental dimension of the human being. The aim of this study was to examine quality of life and sexual function and satisfaction among Spanish cervical cancer survivors. A retrospective case-control study was conducted between 2019 and 2022. The sample consisted of 66 patients who completed the Female Sexual Function Index, the Golombok Rust Sexual Satisfaction Inventory and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire. The control group consisted of women without cervical cancer and gynecological pathologies obtained using the so-called online virtual sampling method. The patient group consisted of women with cervical cancer who completed treatment. Cervical cancer survivors reported sexual dysfunction and impaired sexual satisfaction in almost half of the domains. Quality of life was also affected, with pain and fatigue being the most frequent symptoms in these patients. Our results indicate that there is dysfunction, sexual dissatisfaction and a lower level of quality of life in cervical cancer survivors than in healthy women without pathology. 2023-02-23T15:14:41Z 2023-02-23T15:14:41Z 2023-02-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14345 10.3390/ijerph20043751 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/4/3751 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | cancer survivors sexual dysfunction quality of life orgasm retrospective Membrilla-Beltran, Lucia Cardona Mena, Diana María Camara-Roca, Laura Aparicio-Mota, Adrian Roman López, Pablo Rueda Ruzafa, Lola Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors |
| title | Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors |
| title_full | Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors |
| title_short | Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors |
| title_sort | impact of cervical cancer on quality of life and sexuality in female survivors |
| topic | cancer survivors sexual dysfunction quality of life orgasm retrospective |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14345 |
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